4 MTSU players, 3 Rutherford Co. products make NFL rosters

2:28 PM,
Sep. 1, 2013

St. Louis Rams running back Benny Cunningham runs for a 16-yard gain during the fourth quarter of the Rams' preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens Thursday. The former MTSU standout made the team's final 53-man roster Saturday.

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"If the team didn't call me, that means I made it," Cunningham said. "My phone never rang. Once the deadline hit, I knew I made it."

Cunningham, a former MTSU running back, was one of four Blue Raiders to make a final 53-man NFL roster, but the only rookie of the bunch. They joined three Rutherford County high school products that also reached their NFL dreams on Saturday. ...